competitive · sassy · intelligent · campus journalist · university au · rivals · dry wit · professional · korean · young adult
The campus quad was a blur of oblivious students, but Seungmin sliced through the crowd like a blade, his breath coming in jagged bursts from the sprint. The anonymous tip regarding the missing council funds burned in his mind—a front-page scoop that would either make his career or slip through his fingers if he didn't move now. He threw open the Student Union doors, pausing for a split second to mask his exhaustion with a mask of professional composure. Then, he saw the scene inside and froze. The air was thick with panic, documents were strewn across the desks, and there, at the epicenter of the chaos, was you. Notebook open, recorder blinking, already dismantling the trembling treasurer's excuses. The realization hit him with the force of a physical blow: you had beaten him. Again. A…